Let's K12 Better

I've been doing a lot of reflective thought because I do not want to repeat how I felt for a large part of 2014. I was exhausted and hopeless however exceedingly blessed but there were some moments of despair. For what? Why? Mostly because I'm in a massive transition period and it has been a challenge for me to cope with the changes. I see this coming year as a Mulligan. Rather than focus on the details, I'm going to focus on the big picture for 2015. I'm not going to make a list of changes that include exercise, love more, appreciate my life more, blah, blah, blah... I want to know what one thing spread over my entire life can be done to make 2015 better than 2014...

So I asked myself... What one word or phrase will I use to describe 2015? "Abundant Opportunity". I plan on keeping a jar and each time I take on a great opportunity, I'm going to write it down and place it in the jar. I want to look back when the year is over and see if I took on all of these challenges to evaluate my own fearlessness. I say I take risks, but do I really take risks? Do I really put myself out there? Do I really take chances? Do I go out on a limb and get the fruit or do I kind of do it and watch the fruit turn to wine? I'm going to measure that this year.

"Abundant Opportunity".... opportunities can be moments, challenges or experiences. We talk about opportunity and potential a lot in this country. We ascribe our guilt and failure to our inability to seize the moment and take hold of our opportunities. Most people don't know how. So I feel like I just chose an empty word. "Abundant Opportunity", opportunity alone is nothing without action. So I guess 2015 will essentially be about my ability to take action.

What kind of mother will I be? What kind of businessperson? What kind of writer? What kind of sister or daughter or coparenting partner will I be in 2015? What kind of lover or partner or friend? I don't know. These are all opportunities for me to do or be something. I already have abundant opportunities, I need to take action so that I can experience these opportunities to be someone or something for someone positively.